146: Time Management Systems – Michael and Debbye Cannon

Debbye and Michael Cannon - The Power Couple

Debbye and Michael Cannon – The Power Couple

Debbye Cannon is the author of PEACE of PAPER®, Organizing Without Agonizing®, Wardrobe Wisdom, and numerous audio and video products. She has had a wide range of experience ranging from Girl Scout Leader/Trainer to Army Wife to radio personality. Debbye was recognized in 2013 as one of the American Mothers Inc. “Mother of Achievement”.

Her systems save time, space and energy to deliver prosperity and serenity to home and business each and almost every day. Debbye is the mother of two and the grandmother of four, all of whom live within walking distance of their home in Salt Lake City, UT.

Michael is a graduate of the United States Military Academy and a retired Lieutenant Colonel. He served for 21 years in the US, Europe, Asia, and received a Silver Star for service in the Middle East.

He has been a university professor, published author, web developer and speechwriter for the commander of the largest organization in the Department of Defense. He is the technology genius of Power Couple Consulting. His greatest joy has been to have been married to his lovely wife and high school sweetheart for over 40 years.

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Time Management Systems – Debbye and Michael Cannon

143: Publicity Promotion For Small Business – Josh Elledge

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Josh Elledge – Millions in Free Media

Josh Elledge is on a mission to help entrepreneurs attract the perfect audiences! He is the creator of MillionsInFreeMedia.com – which is designed to inspire and provide a road map for entrepreneurs who want to dramatically increase their own sales by attracting the perfect audiences and assists them with how to get more press and PR with free tools.

Josh launched SavingsAngel, Inc. from his Holland, Michigan, home in 2007. Like most Americans, he wanted to reduce his family’s grocery bill; armed with a background in information technology and internet development, he did just that. Josh’s technologic tinkering cut his family of five’s monthly grocery bill by half, to $300, and created SavingsAngel.com®, the most comprehensive coupon and sale matching service available. SavingsAngel.com has become a major operation employing up to 50 employees and grossing more than $5 million in sales.

Since then, Josh has shared his successful couponing and savings expertise with millions of families, both online, in person as a dynamic public speaker, and through his weekly appearances as an expert on Fox 35 Orlando and News 13, as a weekly syndicated columnist for eight newspapers (with total readership above 1.1 million readers), and on a number of radio stations, and regularly appearing on more than 50 TV stations across the country. All told, Josh has appeared on TV or radio more than 1000 times.

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How to Promote Your Business – Josh Elledge

139: Small Business Taxes – Diane Gardner

Small Business Taxes

Diane Gardner – Tax Coach 4 You

Small Business Taxes are a walk in the park for this guest. Diane Gardner is an expert tax coach, Quilly award recipient, and best-selling author whose proactive planning approach gives clients a leg up on Uncle Sam and helps them dodge the tax bullet. Diane saves small business clients between $5,000 and $50,000 in as little as 60 minutes!
Her tax coaching sessions have resulted in a combined savings of nearly $500,000 to-date — hard-earned profits small business owners would have given to the government by overpaying taxes.
Leaving no deduction or credit unexamined, Diane ensures professionals like you pay the least amount of taxes allowed by law.
As a licensed Enrolled Agent, Diane prepares returns and helps taxpayers nationwide maximize profits and tax savings. She is a Certified Profit First Professional, QuickBooks Pro advisor, an Accredited Tax Preparer and has elite certification as a Tax Coach.
Diane is the co-author of the best-selling books, Stand Apart and Why Didn’t My CPA Tell Me That? She has also authored three other books including her newest, Stop Overpaying Your Taxes! 11 Ways Entrepreneurs Overpay and How to Stop it Now!

Visit Diane at TaxCoach4You.com

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Small Business Taxes – Diane Gardner

121: Small Business Funding- Tiffany C. Wright

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Tiffany C. Wright- Small Business Funding

Small Business Funding is a mystery for many, unless you know the tricks like today’s guest shares.

A 20-year veteran of the profit-driving side of the business, Tiffany C. Wright is unique among experts. After more than twenty years as an engineer, financial manager, owner and CFO/COO, Tiffany understands firsthand the challenges small and medium businesses face. She’s actually strategized and executed funding and financing plans that have helped multiple small and medium businesses obtain funding or financing in amounts ranging from $100,000 to $6.5 million. She has worked with private equity firms, large commercial banks, community banks, equipment lenders, angel investors, venture capitalists, equipment lenders, accounts receivable financing firms, and a wide array of other lenders and investors to obtain financing for her clients and companies she worked for. She has also helped bring these lenders and investors together with small and medium business owners to and help owners understand the who, what, why, and how to access the funding they needed.

Today, she’s the author of The Funding Is Out There! Access the Cash You Need to Impact Your Business from Morgan James Publishing. As well, she’s the author of Solving the Capital Equation: Financing Solutions for Small Businesses, available on Amazon.
Contact Tiffany: theresourcefulceo.com

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Small Business Funding- Tiffany C. Wright

120: New Business Next Steps-Ed Goodman

New Business Next Steps

Ed Goodman-New Business Next Steps

One of my favorite ways to learn is through examples. That is what I believe is so important about this episode guest’s book, New Business, Next Steps.

Ed Goodman is a business start-up mentor who’s worked with over 10,000 start-ups to successfully build their knowledge of financial management, social media, networking and more. Through independent consultancy and mentoring, along with aligned partnerships, he has worked with multinational corporations including Barclays, Google, Sage, Intuit and more. In 2012, Ed co-founded the Cambridge Business Lounge, a co-working space and support hub for start-ups and small businesses in the historic and beautiful city of Cambridge, UK. He also regularly blogs on small business topics, as well as being a contributor on the BBC, podcasts as well as other established business blogs. January 2015 saw the release of Ed’s first book “New Business, Next Steps – The All In One Guide to Managing, Marketing and Growing Your Small Business.”

Contact Ed: cambridgebusinesslounge.com
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New Business Next Steps–Ed Goodman

105: How To Become An Author – Kalynn Amadio

How To Become An Author

This is my story of how to become an author. You have heard me speak about the fact that I wrote a book that has not been published yet, mostly because I did the process half-ass backwards. The book I have written titled, “The Boomer’s Ultimate Guide To Social Media” was originally conceived as a self-published book to use as part of my business marketing. Yet the project took on a life of it’s own.

Let me tell you the correct process for writing a non-fiction book. You first have to decide what the book is for. Continue reading